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The Moon on Monday, February 23, 1976: Waning Crescent, 38% lit

Waning · 37.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 18°

Moon age

23.2days

Moon phase on February 23, 1976Waning Crescent

Monday 23 February 1976380,496 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 23, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 37.7% of its visible face lit, 23.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

37.7%Illumination at noon UTC
23.2 dMoon age
380,496 km236,429 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (18°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 23, 1976 is on Sunday, February 15, 1976 at 16:43 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 29, 1976 at 23:25 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, February 22, 197608:16
New Moon (after)Sunday, February 29, 197623:25

The Moon around February 23

More about this date

Monday, February 23, 1976 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 31, 1976 to the new moon of February 29, 1976, a cycle of 29.71 days.